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What is Dana?
Dana is a Buddhist word that means generosity or heart. Nearly all Sacramento Insight Meditation activities are offered on a dana (donations) basis. This means our programs are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support, service and participation in events. Practice dana, please support our Sangha. DONATE NOW
Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner
Study GroupNurturing Sangha Over Dinner meets informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month, before the regular dharma talk and sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in our practice. We’ll try this out for a few months and see if it is something we want to continue.
Envisioning Update
NewsThe three main sections of SDC building
The Sacramento Dharma Center envisioning process is continuing with a focus on plans for the west end lobby. At the request of the SDC Board, the SIM Board has developed recommendations for creating new meeting rooms that could be used concurrently to support the anticipated growth in membership and activities of all three sanghas living together in the SDC building.
We would like to share these recommendations with interested members of the SIM community on January 11th at 6:15 pm, before our regularly scheduled Thursday night sit. Members of the SIM Board will be there to discuss the plans. In preparation for this meeting, you might wish to read through the Board’s recommendations (click here). We hope to see you on January 11th.
12/28/2017 “How do I get off this Cycle of Reactivity?” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaOur beginning classes offers an accessible approach to the profound core teaching of dependent origination called the Cycle of Reactivity. This evening, we will explore that very helpful teaching, with some deeper background drawn from the Nidanasamyutta, a chapter of the Samyutta Nikaya devoted to dependent origination. In preparation, you may read as much of Bikkhu Bodhi’s introduction to Chapter IX of “In the Buddha’s Words” as you wish; we will focus on page 315 through the first six lines on page 316. You may read all six suttas in Section IX(4)4; we will focus on two suttas on pages 355-357: IX(4)4(c) SN 12:33 and IX(4)4(d) SN 12:15.
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Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner
Study GroupMany thanks to all of those who were able to attend the Community Meeting (Dec 21) and share your ideas about strengthening our Sangha and sense of community. The Board would like to invite anyone interested to meet informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month, before our regular sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in our practice. We’ll try this out for a few months and see if it is something we want to continue.
Our first meeting will be on January 11th, and include an update on the SIM Board’s input to the SDC envisioning process. For further details, click here.
Not too late to support SIM
NewsDecember 26, 2017
Dear SIM Supporter,
If you’ve already made a year-end donation to SIM, we send you our heartfelt appreciation!
If you’re still finishing up your year-end donations, please consider supporting SIM with a year-end or monthly donation for 2018! It’s easy to donate at sactoinsight.org or by sending a check to SIM at 3111 Wissemann Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826. Your generosity is the key to our success in providing ongoing support for our community and those practicing in the Vipassana/Insight tradition.
May your New Year be healthy, peaceful and happy!
Sara Denzler, Treasurer
on behalf of SIM’s Board of Directors
12/21/2017 “Community Evening” with R. Howard and C. Vigran
Audio Dharma, NewsAs we approach the end of the year, SIM Mentor Rich Howard and SIM Board Member Cathy Vigran will host an evening of community discussion. We will invite participants to review their practice over the past year in terms of the “Three Pillars”: generosity, ethical living, and training the mind (dana-sila-bhavana). We will also encourage folks to share what SIM can do to support their aspirations for practice. Come prepared to speak from the heart and listen mindfully.
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Yard Yogis Sunday Practice
SDCMeets the last Sunday of each month. All volunteers are welcome to help with outdoor maintenance, indoor cleaning, and other tasks. A wonderful opportunity for work Dana, and community building!
Yard Yogis Sunday Practice
SDCMeets the last Sunday of each month. All volunteers are welcome to help with outdoor maintenance, indoor cleaning, and other tasks. A wonderful opportunity for work Dana, and community building!
Yard Yogis Sunday Practice
SDCMeets the last Sunday of each month. All volunteers are welcome to help with outdoor maintenance, indoor cleaning, and other tasks. A wonderful opportunity for work Dana, and community building!
Yard Yogis Sunday Practice
SDCMeets the last Sunday of each month. All volunteers are welcome to help with outdoor maintenance, indoor cleaning, and other tasks. A wonderful opportunity for work Dana, and community building!